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It was Juror Bryon Buller who took the suggestion a step further and asked the panel to consider making it illegal for anyone to show their undergarments in public to limit indecent and lewd behavior.

Those violating the law face a $50 fine for the first offense and a $100 fine for each subsequent violation, reports the American Press.

Police Juror Steve Eastman said saggy pants have been a long-running problem in the parish

THE CULTURE OF SAGGY PANTS

The fashion of wearing pants below the hips revealing underwear was popularized in the 1990's by hip-hop and rap stars

Can be traced back to prison culture because belts are banned in case they are used in suicide bids or for acts of violence

Becoming fashionable predominantly among men across the Western world saggy pants are seen as an expression for rebellion against more traditional styles of pants

Many law-makers across the United States have attacked saggy pants leading to fierce battles with civil liberty groups who say that to ban the fashion is unconstitutional

The trend originated in prisons, where inmates were not allowed to have belts, and hip hop artists began copying the look in the 1990s.

Barack Obama spoke out against the look in 2008, saying: ‘Brothers should pull up their pants.

‘You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What’s wrong with that? Come on. Some people might not want to see your underwear. I’m one of them.’

Similar laws have been enacted in communities around the country, including Wildwood, New Jersey, and Cocoa, Florida.

Civil Liberties groups have in the past argued that such bans are ‘unconstitutional’ under the 14th Amendment, which says no citizen should be deprived of ‘life, liberty or property’ and no person should be denied equal protection of the law.

A number of other Louisiana municipalities, including Merryville, Kinder, Elton, Welsh and Opelousas, have already passed similar measures.

Jefferson Davis is the latest parish in the state of Louisiana to introduce such a ban following Merryville, Kinder, Elton, Welsh and Opelousas